The 2020 Major League Baseball season begins on July 23

MLB and the MLBPA finalized a health and safety protocol Tuesday night; players will report to camp July 1

The start of the 2020 season brings a black cloud over the sport as the 2017 World Series champion Houston Astros have been tainted by their sign-stealing along with the 2018 champion Boston Red Sox have been accused of similar subversion.

We under stand that Major League Baseball intends to impose limits on what live video is available to teams, and Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes to complete his investigation into alleged electronic sign stealing by the Boston Red Sox  this coming week.

MLB in 2020 will look radically different:

• Teams will play their four divisional opponents 10 times and each of the five interleague opponents in the same geographical area four games apiece.
• The National League will use a designated hitter.
• In extra innings, teams will begin with a runner on second base.
• The trade deadline will be Aug. 31, less than a month before the regular season is scheduled to end
• Rosters will start at 30 men for the first two weeks, then go to 28 for the next two weeks and stay at 26 for the remainder of the season.
• Teams will have a taxi squad that allows them to have as many as 60 players available to play in major league games.
• There will be a special COVID-19 injured list with no minimum or maximum length of time spent on it, while standard injured list stints will be for 10 days, and the typical 60-day stint will instead be for 45 days

2020 prop bets have already hit the open market and this one seems as good of a lock as any if you’re willing to put up the heavy price early for a return later in the season.

Will the Toronto Blue Jays make the Playoffs?
Yes +800
No – 1400  (LOCK IT IN)

Rewind back to the 2019 season when we were hard pressed to find a veteran mlb starter on the blue jays. The jays in 2019 roe the backs of rookies to a 67-95 record and look to better that in 2020.

Fast forward to 202 where the jays have made some off season moves to help a depleted starting rotation with the additions of  Chase Anderson and signing Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tanner Roark and Shun Yamaguchi.

In addition, the Blue Jays picked up a left-handed bat in Travis Shaw, who figures to see the bulk of starts at first base for the club in 2020.

It seems The Blue Jays have an uphill climb before the season even starts and we will see if the $80 million dollar man is well worth his weight in gold (Ryu).

Are you tempted to take a shot @ 100-1? Why not!

OK Blue Jay’s Let’s Play Ball!!